7zip plugin

[damjang]

I don't know if it was possible and/or legal, but someone can make a 7zip plugin to use with TC. For me it will be better than use the MultiArc plugin with 7za.exe.

damjang

[Maxwish]

I asked the author of 7-Zip if he could make a plugin (just as with FAR), but he didn't want to. I remember it had to do with TC being it's competitor or something...(As if we only use TC for packing ??? IMO 7-Zip is more like RAR, an 'archive manager' and not like TC or FAR, that are filemanagers)

[Clo]

2Maxwish
  Hello!

• I've the same opinion than damjang; the using of MultiArc isn't quite simple.

• It's a pity that the Authors can't find an agreement about a simple packer-dll...

• I've 7-Zip in my PC, but I never used it (!). Other reason: some languages don't work when set (i.e.: French).

  Kind regards,
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Maxwish

asked the author of 7-Zip if he could make a plugin (just as with FAR), but he didn't want to.

Hey what about creating a 7zip plugin? Is there any known license problem? The LGPL should be no obstacle, right?

[Clo]

2Lefteous
   Hello Lefteous!

Hey what about creating a 7zip? Is there any known license problem? The LGPL should be no obstacle, right?

• Strange, I just thought to this too, but I didn't check the licence.

• It's a great idea!

V G
Clo

[ghisler(Author)]

I didn't write one myself because the 7zip format is still changing a lot. Therefore it's probably better to call the original 7zip via multiarc, because this way users can react more quickly to a format change.

If anyone writes a plugin, try to put as much as possible in a separate c file, and call the 7-zip functions - this way it's easier to adapt the plugin to 7zip changes.

[lzvk25]

In case somebody is interested, I noticed that utilities like IZArc and ZipGenius, use the 7-ZIP32.dll library and they in turn got it from
http://www.csdinc.co.jp/archiver/index-e.html
Unfortunately it is a Japanese site, and I do not know Japanese.
Maybe somebody in this forum could help us.

[Clo]

2lzvk25

Maybe somebody in this forum could help us.

  Hello!
• I know that we have Chinese users here, normally the characters are (in theory...) the same.

• These languages problems are really annoying...
I thought to this:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=3102
The details were not explained, but I've them...
Good luck
Kind regards,
Clo

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 06-02-2004 14:53:54 +0000 damjang wrote:

d> For me it will be better than use the MultiArc plugin with
d> 7za.exe.

Well, all you have to do is to configure it once - quite a simple task, I guess. Do you have any problems with it?[/face]

[damjang]

[face=courier]On 06-02-2004 14:53:54 +0000 damjang wrote:

d> For me it will be better than use the MultiArc plugin with
d> 7za.exe.

Well, all you have to do is to configure it once - quite a simple task, I guess. Do you have any problems with it?[/face]

Not really! The thing work, but eg. there is no progress bar and when I have to compress 200MB - more than 20minute of work - a progress bar will be very usefull...

damjang

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 09-02-2004 10:32:23 +0000 damjang wrote:

d> there is no progress bar and when I have to compress 200MB
d> - more than 20minute of work - a progress bar will be very
d> usefull...

You missed the thing - MARC console:

"rundll32 drive:\Path\MultiArc\multiarc.wcx,Settings"

Configure MultiArc/Settings

Show console - always
[v] excluding LIST calls
[v] Minimize to tray[/face]

[damjang]

[face=courier]On 09-02-2004 10:32:23 +0000 damjang wrote:
You missed the thing - MARC console:
"rundll32 drive:\Path\MultiArc\multiarc.wcx,Settings"
Configure MultiArc/Settings

Show console - always
[v] excluding LIST calls
[v] Minimize to tray[/face]

I test this and don't work. Then I change the multiarc to version 1.0.0.9beta3 and this work... (befor I have 1.1.2)
But I have another problem: when I compress the file is allright, but when I extract it sometime multiarc exit with error (but seems to do the job ok). Also when I test archive I have near random errors...
I have winXPPro SP1, TC6.01, multiarc 1.0.0.9b3, 7za.exe v3.12 and 7z.ha(7z.txt addon) from here: http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=347&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

damjang

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 10-02-2004 10:50:52 +0000 damjang wrote:

d> I test this and don't work.

What exactly doesn't work, more details, please.

d> sometime multiarc exit with error (but seems to do the job
d> ok). Also when I test archive I have near random errors...

Well, MARC is not bug free of course, but I can't remember I faced with such a situation. What error exactly it exited with and what compression parameters did you used that time?

d> and 7z.ha(7z.txt addon) from here:

To make direct link to post on this forum use such a syntax:

http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=post_number#post_number

e.g. http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=13929#13929 in this case.[/face]

[damjang]

[face=courier]What exactly doesn't work, more detales, please.[/face]

The progress bar...

[face=courier]To make direct link to post on this forum use such a sintax:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=post_number#post_number
e.g. http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=13929#13929 in this case.[/face]

Yes I see, but how/where can I find the post number?

damjang

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 10-02-2004 11:33:41 +0000 damjang wrote:

d> The progress bar...

MARC console doesn't show progress bar, it intercepts packer's stdout, i.e. 7-zip's own progress information, like this:

__________transmission_from_clipboard____________[/face]

[face=terminal]7-Zip (A) 3.12 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov 2003-12-10
Scanning

Creating archive Z:\TEMP\x y z\infozip.7z

Compressing descript.ion
Compressing Info-ZIP.TXT
Compressing zip.exe
Compressing zipcloak.exe
Compressing zipnote.exe
Compressing zipsplit.exe

Everything is Ok[/face]

[face=courier]_______________end_of_transmission________________

d> Yes I see, but how/where can I find the post number?

In any post link like "quote" or "edit" but actually direct link to current post is in the upper left post corner.[/face]